Irate Jose Mourinho blasts VAR: ‘A man in an office is ruining football’ Jose Mourinho refused to give let his tongue get away with him, but did have a few choice words after Tottenham’s VAR controversey. Spurs were denied what appeared a perfectly good goal when VAR chalked off Harry Kane’s apparent equaliser at Bramall Lane. With Sheffield United 1-0 after Sander Berge’s opener, the disallowed strike proved costly as Spurs fell to a 3-1 defeat. With Kane celebrating what he thought was the leveller, VAR then chalked the goal off; Lucas Moura having been adjudged to have handled the ball as he fell. But replays showed the decision to be harsh, with Moura knowing nothing about the contact and the ball ricocheting off him as he fell. It was no surprise when Mourinho was asked first of all about the incident in his after-match press conference. The frustrated Spurs boss at first refused to talk about the disallowed goal and the interpretation of the handball rule. However, he did hit out at the way VAR operates. “I can’t say what I think, I would be in trouble, I would be suspended. I cannot say what I think, would like to but I can’t,” he told Sky Sports News. “The referee is hidden in some office, this man on the pitch is not the referee, he doesn’t make the decisions. “The main decisions made in football now are being made by the man in the office.” More to follow… The post Irate Jose Mourinho blasts VAR: ‘A man in an office is ruining football’ appeared first on teamtalk.com.

Jose Mourinho refused to give let his tongue get away with him, but did have a few choice words after Tottenham’s VAR controversey.

Spurs were denied what appeared a perfectly good goal when VAR chalked off Harry Kane’s apparent equaliser at Bramall Lane.

With Sheffield United 1-0 after Sander Berge’s opener, the disallowed strike proved costly as Spurs fell to a 3-1 defeat.

With Kane celebrating what he thought was the leveller, VAR then chalked the goal off; Lucas Moura having been adjudged to have handled the ball as he fell.

But replays showed the decision to be harsh, with Moura knowing nothing about the contact and the ball ricocheting off him as he fell.

It was no surprise when Mourinho was asked first of all about the incident in his after-match press conference.

The frustrated Spurs boss at first refused to talk about the disallowed goal and the interpretation of the handball rule. However, he did hit out at the way VAR operates.

“I can’t say what I think, I would be in trouble, I would be suspended. I cannot say what I think, would like to but I can’t,” he told Sky Sports News.

“The referee is hidden in some office, this man on the pitch is not the referee, he doesn’t make the decisions.

“The main decisions made in football now are being made by the man in the office.”

 

More to follow…

 

 

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James Marshment